The dead in Saudi fire included two brothers from Cumilla’s Chauddagram -- Emranul Haque Sohel, 34, and Imamul Haque Munna, 22; Md Sohel, 30, from the same Upazila; and two brothers -- Jasim Uddin, 26, and Md Ibrahim, 23, from Lakshmipur’s Kamalnagar area. The other casualty was Mohiuddin Rashed from Feni.

On Apr 13, at least seven people, including six Bangladeshis, were killed and eight others injured when a gas cylinder exploded.

The blast prompted a fire in a room of a building occupied by migrant workers in Riyadh.